BEAUTY: Inspired by Santana of Glee

February 20, 2012

BEAUTY: Inspired by Santana of Glee

Who doesn't love Santana of Glee? Played by the super sexy Naya Rivera, I took inspiration from her look and thought of creating a polished everyday make-up look worthy of winning the Nationals!

Aah Santana's sexiness

Santana's look is hugely clean and basic. But let's not forget her heavy lashes and her delicious lips. I tried to recreate something similar that would work with my features and for this look I used mostly mineral make-up only. The key in recreating Santana's look is in achieving perfectly clear skin and thick lush lashes.

So let me first share what I have to work with, hehe

Imperfections everywhere! Anyway, I hide them by using Everyday Minerals Beige Neutral matte make-up base that I got as a gift from Eileen (visit her page here). Then I use my Perfecting Concealer Stick from Guerlain (sorry, I don't have a mineral concealer... have not encountered one too! Share me recommendations?)

Then I use my favorite ELF Mineral Powder Foundation in Light. Here's a photo of me with just half of my face, with foundation.

After I cleared my face from those horrid imperfections, I prettified my brows and applied a very subtle yet pretty eyeshadow. I used Sand Beige and Champagne pigments from Beauty and Minerals.

They were perfect! I wanted to have a very clean eye area but didn't want it left bare so I opted to use nude mineral pigments. The reason why I wanted it to be a clean area: thick lashes. I tight lined my eyes then applied a thick falsie.

I just love how Sand Beige mimics my natural skin tone. It's like a radiant powder instead of a shadow. Very very chic.

I have amateur falsie-skills but I needed to do it for the sake of Santana-worthy lashes. Amateur as I am, the best tip I can give you is to be patient. Wait for the glue to be tacky. Applying falsies would wet glue could ruin your make-up! :)

So anyway, here's how my Santana-inspired eyes turned out like. These photos would show how I missed applying the lashes properly near the inner corner of my eye haha
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Now for a sexy glare.

After my eyes, I just went on and applied a peachy blush. I used a blush from Ellana Minerals. Here's a photo of me with one cheek blushed up.

Then let's do both cheeks, and smile.

As you can see I started the look with a pinkish lip butter but realized it's not honest to Santana's look so I changed it eventually. I'm using a lipstick from Sansan. I was supposed to use Earth Angel from Human Heart Nature so it's still mineral, but I threw mine away because it got crappy haha.